Patrick O’Brien jailed for stealing €14,200

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Patrick O’Brien was jailed for four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing €14,200, as reported on 24 November 2015. The money was taken from Sinclair Downey at his Dublin home after O’Brien and Thomas Coffey demanded payment for unauthorised roof work.

The report said O’Brien had 29 previous convictions, including 12 for theft, with some involving similar work-related offending against elderly people. He was also due to be sentenced in Tralee Circuit Criminal Court for a similar offence later that year.